Turkish public opinion and the EU membership: between support and mistrust

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2018-10-29

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Şenyuva, Özgehan

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The support for EU memberhip is very volatile among Turkish public opinion. Over the years it has been going through different ups and downs, although it has been consistently low for the last five years. This papers analyzes the changes in the Turkish public’s support level to the EU membership and links them to the developments in Turkey-EU relations. The paper also demonstrates that two other major indicators are more stable indicators of Turkish public opinion and the EU: the level of trust to the EU and the eventuality of Turkish membership. The paper finishes with a discussion on the interplay between political discourses and the public opinion in Turkey and how the lack of trust is being utilized for political gains

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European Union, EU-Turkey relations, EU membership, Public opinion, Turkish public support, Level of trust

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Ö. Şenyuva, “Turkish public opinion and the EU membership: between support and mistrust,” 2018. Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/69017.